# Restore Archive without metadata- and snapshot- files

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-archive-without-metadata-and-snapshot-files/933>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 19, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-archive-without-metadata-and-snapshot-files/933 "2015-05-19T20:41:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kyletippetts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@kyletippetts](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kyletippetts)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-archive-without-metadata-and-snapshot-files/933/1 "2015-05-19T20:41:22Z")

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Is it possible to restore an archive without the metadata- and snapshot- files that were created in the archival procedure? We inadvertently missed copying those files with the index directories in the process of relocating the archived indices to another storage medium.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-archive-without-metadata-and-snapshot-files/933/2 "2015-05-20T07:45:13Z")

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Unfortunately not.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-archive-without-metadata-and-snapshot-files/933/3 "2017-07-06T00:13:11Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 12:13am UTC